ST. LOUIS
Established in the winter of 2004, our St. Louis chapter enjoys stimulating discussions led by Moderators Diane Carson and Harper Barnes following our advanced art film screenings at the Landmark Plaza Frontenac Cinemas on Sunday mornings.
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SLUMDOG MILLIONAIREThe story of Jamal Malik, an 18 year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai, who is about to experience the biggest day of his life. With the whole nation watching, he is just one question away from winning a staggering 20 million rupees on India's "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?" But when the show breaks for the night, police arrest him on suspicion of cheating; how could a street kid know so much? Desperate to prove his innocence, Jamal tells the story of his life in the slum where he and his brother grew up, of their adventures together on the road, of vicious encounters with local gangs, and of Latika, the girl he loved and lost. Each chapter of his story reveals the key to the answer to one of the game show's questions. |
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I'VE LOVED YOU SO LONGAfter more than a decade apart, estranged sisters Juliette and Lea try to rebuild their fractured relationship. But the task is hardly easy, considering Juliette's past. She's been in jail for 15 years -- for killing her own son. As she settles into small-town life with Lea's family, the locals can't help but talk. |
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MISTER FOEA 17-year-old misfit, Hallam Foe (Bell) spends lonely days spying on others at his father's (Ciaran Hinds) estate in the Scottish Highlands. Haunted by his mother's sudden death, he begins to suspect that his beautiful step mother (Claire Forlani) may have played a hand in it. When the tension that has been brewing between the two erupts, Hallam runs away. Out of money and out of friends, he crashes down into reality in Edinburgh. He soon becomes obsessed with Kate (Sophia Myles), who bears an uncanny resemblance to his mother. When his world collides with Kate's and the reality of life back home, he is faced with betraying the memory of the mother he longs for or using his one last chance to grow up. |
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Co-Moderator Diane Carson
Diane is professor emeritus at St. Louis Community College, Meramec, adjunct professor at Webster University where she leads upper division film seminars, and President Elect of the University Film and Video Association, an international professional organization. She can also be heard weekly as film critic/reviewer for KDHX (88.1) FM community radio. She is a member on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Film and Video and a member of the Society for Cinema and Media Studies (SCMS). She is the author or editor of many books in film, including; John Sayles: Interviews, and a contributor to many journals including Quarterly Review of Film and Video (QRFV).
Co-Moderator Harper Barnes
Harper Barnes, now a freelance writer, edited the Boston Phoenix and was feature director and chief film critic for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. He has written for the Atlantic, Rolling Stone, the New York Times and other publications. He is the author of "Never Been a Time," a history of the 1917 East St. Louis race riot; "Blue Monday," a novel set among the jazz musicians, gangsters, and corrupt politicians of Kansas City in the 1930s, and "Standing on a Volcano: The Life and Times of David Rowland Francis." Francis was the American ambassador to Russia during the 1917 revolution.
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Membership Price*: |
$95 admits you to all 7 screenings and post-screening discussions |
| Pro-Rated Price*: | $14 per show (available after season begins; this is not a walk-in price) |
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